Author: Eileen Abt

In a distinguished career, Dr Rob Theelen has worked as a toxicological scientist, policy officer and risk assessor for the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, and the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) as well for the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). From 2002 to 2017 Dr Theelen was also Technical Assistant to the Chair of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food. He is involved in a number of EU programmes such as the Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) Initiative and the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) Platform established by the European Commission to support best practice in areas such as food safety amongst EU member state governments. He manages the Food Safety Portal which provides information on relevant EU legislation and calculation tools for assessing exposure risk for those involved in chemical risk management and assessment.